GCIH Job Trends in West Yorkshire

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.024% - 0.088%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% - 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

GCIH falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 465 606 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.09% 40.54% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 270 202 190
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,050 £26,565
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £38,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -11.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £72,750 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £51,000 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.24% -13.00% -2.91%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCIH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

GCIH job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

GCIH
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GCIH

GCIH
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds - 1 £85,000 - 3
GCIH
Yorkshire

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA